Controller
Thesalesfactory·about 11 hours ago
We're looking for a Controller to own the day-to-day financial operations of the company. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role with no direct reports currently, but with real ownership from day one and real room to grow. You'll be the finance engine of the business: closing the books, owning payroll start to finish within Ceridian Dayforce, keeping cash flowing, and building out the financial model alongside our advisors.
We're a tech-forward company and we're actively automating our AP and billing workflows in QuickBooks/Xero, so you should be excited about using modern tools to make finance faster and cleaner, not attached to doing things the old way.
What You'll Do
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Own day-to-day financial operations in QuickBooks or Xero: bookkeeping, invoicing, A/R, A/P, and bill processing (much of this is being automated, and you'll help drive that).
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Own payroll end to end, start to finish, within Ceridian Dayforce — including employer taxes and remittances across Canadian and US entities.
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Manage month-end close and keep our financials accurate and audit-ready.
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Handle filings, audit documentation, and finance-side client onboarding (banking info requests, vendor forms, etc.).
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Rebuild and maintain our financial model from the ground up, with input and oversight from our advisors.
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Coordinate with our fractional CFO on higher-level reporting and financial planning.
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Ad-hoc projects across finance and operations as we grow.
What We're Looking For
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5 to 8 years of progressive accounting experience.
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CPA, CA strongly preferred.
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Currently a Senior Manager of Accounting, Assistant Controller, or similar, ready to step into a Controller seat.
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Must be able to run payroll start to finish independently within Ceridian Dayforce — new hires, terminations, deductions, benefits, off-cycle runs, employer taxes, and remittances — with no ramp-up time needed on the platform.
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Exceptional attention to detail. You catch the penny that's off.
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Smart, fast, and curious. You figure things out without a playbook.
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Tech-savvy: comfortable with modern accounting and automation tools (QuickBooks/Xero, Excel/Google Sheets), quick to pick up new software.
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Comfortable working independently in an individual-contributor capacity, with direct exposure to the CEO and fractional CFO rather than a large finance team.
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Experience in a services or agency business is a plus.
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Cross-border (Canada/US) exposure is a plus.
Why This Role
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Full ownership of the finance function at a profitable, growing company.
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Direct exposure to the CEO, fractional CFO, and external advisors.
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Clear growth path: this is a build-and-grow seat, not a maintenance job.
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Modern stack, real automation, no legacy bureaucracy.
Market context
Measured from remote postings we have tracked ourselves — not self-reported survey data.
What Lead / Principal Finance roles in Americas pay
- 25th
- $118k
- Median
- $146k
- 75th
- $175k
Based on 1,413 comparable postings with disclosed salaries, last 12 months.
How Thesalesfactory is hiring
- Last 90 days
- 2 roles
- Total tracked
- 23
- Hiring across
- 3 job families
Tracked since August 2021.